How schools from eight Kent County districts or charters fared on state mandated disaster drills

In this 2012 photo, Eighth grade students in Diane Matyas' homeroom huddle in the darkened classroom as St. Monica Catholic School near Kalamazoo practices an intruder lockdown drill.MLive

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- An MLive analysis has found that some Kent County schools either aren’t doing enough disaster drills or are failing to keep mandatory records showing that drills were performed.

To find out whether schools were complying with state law, reporters examined records from 39 schools in eight Grand Rapids-area districts or charters. Reports also checked-out forms from 54 buildings within the Grand Rapids Public Schools district.

Included in this post is a gallery of four charts showing how Kent County schools examined by MLive are performing.

Under Michigan law, schools are required to perform 10 disaster drills each school year, including six fire drills, two tornado drills and two lockdown drills that are meant to prepare students for incidents such as a gunman on campus.